By Tom Frary
Last seen breaking her maiden in the Listed Criterium du Languedoc at Toulouse in November, Alexander Tamagni-Bodmer and Regula Vannod's Watch Me (Ire) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) returned in buoyant form on Wednesday as she upstaged Suphala (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) in the G3 Prix Imprudence at Maisons-Laffitte. Sent off at nearly 6-1, the bay was reserved with two behind early by Christophe Soumillon before arriving upsides that 6-4 favourite passing the furlong pole. Beginning to assert from 100 metres out, she had a short neck to spare at the line, with the useful yardstick Jet Setteuse (Fr) (Makfi {GB}) 1 1/2 lengths behind in third.
Watch Me, who had also been third behind the subsequent G3 Prix Miesque-placed So Unique (Fr) (Siyouni {Ire}) on her debut over a mile at Saint-Cloud in October, was the first black-type winner and is now the first group winner for her Haras de Bouquetot-based sire. Her dam Watchful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a winning half-sister to the G3 Scottish Classic and GIII Poker H. runner-up Rabi (Ire) (Alzao) and the G3 Coventry S.-placed Kawagino (Ire) (Perugino). The third dam is the G1 Prix Vermeille winner Sharaya (Youth), whose descendants include the classy Sans Adieu (Jpn) (French Deputy) and Hamish McGonagall (GB) (Namid {GB}). The family also features the G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Shawanda (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) and the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Prix Vermeille winner Shareta (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}). Watchful also has 2-year-old and yearling colts by Elvstroem (Aus), with the former named Watchmen (Fr).
Wednesday, Maisons-Laffitte, France
PRIX IMPRUDENCE-G3, €80,000, Maisons-Laffitte, 4-10, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:28.09, g/s.
1–WATCH ME (FR), 126, f, 3, by Olympic Glory (Ire)
1st Dam: Watchful (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Sharakawa (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Sharaya, by Youth
1ST GROUP WIN. (€30,000 RNA Ylg '17 ARAUG). O-Alexander Tamagni-Bodmer & Mme Regula Vannod; B-Mme Antoinette Tamagni & Cocheese Bloodstock Anstalt (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Christophe Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, €74,050. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Suphala (Fr), 126, f, 3, Frankel (GB)">Frankel (GB)–Sefroua, by Kingmambo. (€650,000 Ylg '17 ARAUG). O-Lady Bamford; B-Haras d'Etreham & Riviera Equine SARL (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €16,000.
3–Jet Setteuse (Fr), 126, f, 3, Makfi (GB)–Pretty Panther (Fr), by Hurricane Run (Ire). O/B-Patrick Sabban (FR); T-Francois Rohaut. €12,000.
Margins: SNK, 1HF, HD. Odds: 5.80, 1.50, 7.20.
Also Ran: Devant (Fr), Vanilla Gold (Ire), Lucky Jolie, Pure Zen (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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